Well, we ended up taking the truck to Nashville because with the carseat in the back of the Civic my MIL and I would have been SQUISHED back there. Also, FIL is 6'5" so we would have been packed in there. Ok, we took it for comfort's sake. More the IL's than ours. They paid for almost everything, not fair to make them uncomfortable when we drive around. Besides gas we didn't spend too much. We bought 2 breakfasts and a couple of drinks. Then I spent $18 on a bday gift for a friend. We came home with $$ leftover from our $100 cash that we brought. Not too bad for 3 days away from home.

I made some progress with DH and I think I've sold him on this whole debt free thing. We currently have about $60K in our nest egg (not including any retirement) and we are going to cash out half. With my signing bonus next month we will be able to pay off the boat, truck and credit cards. Then we are going to aggressively attack his student loan (about $15500). I am going to try my best to pay it off in a year but that may be setting myself up for failure. WE talked about having all debt except the mortgage paid off. Then taking another year to save as much as possible. In year 3 we can sell the house and buy a more affordable one with a small mortgage (no more than $50K) and I can teach. Whew, it will take a lot of work but I hope we get there. It's nice to have him on the same page. I hope we can stay there.

Now today I had to run out of the house and spent $3.70 on breakfast. not only a waste of money but unhealthy too. BAD!!!

DH goes out of town for a week on Wed. I will stock up on a few basics (fresh fruit, milk and bread) and then I'm going to really try to spend ZERO on food until he comes back. I will just scrounge around home and eat up anything we have there. It may take some creativity but I think I can do it. Oh I may have to buy some ground beef but I think it's fairly cheap at Aldi.